UFC Bantamweight — title history
Every UFC Bantamweight title fight, in order. The most recent was won by Petr Yan on 2025-12-06.
Title fights (27)
| Date | Winner | Opponent | Method | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-07-02 | Dominick Cruz | Urijah Faber | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 48–47) | UFC 132 |
| 2011-10-01 | Dominick Cruz | Demetrious Johnson | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 50–45) | UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson |
| 2013-02-16 | Renan Barão (interim) | Michael McDonald | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | UFC on Fuel TV: Barao vs. McDonald |
| 2013-09-21 | Renan Barão (interim) | Eddie Wineland | TKO (spinning back kick and punches) | UFC 165 |
| 2014-02-01 | Renan Barão | Urijah Faber | TKO (punches) | UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II |
| 2014-05-24 | T.J. Dillashaw | Renan Barão | TKO (head kick and punches) | UFC 173 |
| 2014-08-30 | T.J. Dillashaw | Joe Soto | KO (head kick and punches) | UFC 177 |
| 2015-07-25 | T.J. Dillashaw | Renan Barão | TKO (punches) | UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão II |
| 2016-01-17 | Dominick Cruz | T.J. Dillashaw | Decision (split) (48–47, 46–49, 49–46) | UFC Fight Night 81 |
| 2016-06-04 | Dominick Cruz | Urijah Faber | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) | UFC 199 |
| 2016-12-30 | Cody Garbrandt | Dominick Cruz | Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–47, 48–46) | UFC 207 |
| 2017-11-04 | T.J. Dillashaw | Cody Garbrandt | TKO (punches) | UFC 217 |
| 2018-08-04 | T.J. Dillashaw | Cody Garbrandt | KO (knee and punches) | UFC 227 |
| 2019-06-08 | Henry Cejudo | Marlon Moraes | TKO (punches) | UFC 238 |
| 2020-04-18 | Henry Cejudo | Dominick Cruz | TKO (knee and punches) | UFC 249 |
| 2020-07-12 | Petr Yan | José Aldo | TKO (punches) | UFC 251 |
| 2021-03-06 | Aljamain Sterling | Petr Yan | DQ (illegal knee) | UFC 259 |
| 2021-10-30 | Petr Yan (interim) | Cory Sandhagen | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | UFC 267 |
| 2022-04-09 | Aljamain Sterling | Petr Yan | Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 48–47) | UFC 273 |
| 2022-10-22 | Aljamain Sterling | T.J. Dillashaw | TKO (punches) | UFC 280 |
| 2023-05-06 | Aljamain Sterling | Henry Cejudo | Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47) | UFC 288 |
| 2023-08-19 | Sean O'Malley | Aljamain Sterling | TKO (punches) | UFC 292 |
| 2024-03-09 | Sean O'Malley | Marlon Vera | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–44) | UFC 299 |
| 2024-09-14 | Merab Dvalishvili | Sean O'Malley | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 48–47, 48–47) | UFC 306 |
| 2025-01-18 | Merab Dvalishvili | Umar Nurmagomedov | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | UFC 311 |
| 2025-10-04 | Merab Dvalishvili | Cory Sandhagen | Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 49–45, 49–46) | UFC 320 |
| 2025-12-06 | Petr Yan | Merab Dvalishvili | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) | UFC 323 |
Where this came from
Derived from UFC event articles on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): the title fights are the bouts whose notes name this championship. Title eliminators are excluded; interim-title bouts are marked. Vacancies and strippings are not inferred. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the UFC.